This document discusses professional learning networks (PLNs) and personal learning environments (PLEs). It defines a PLN as a network of people with similar interests that can be used to share ideas, ask questions, collaborate, and stay connected. PLEs are described as tools that allow learners to engage in a distributed learning environment using various people, services, and resources. The document emphasizes that PLEs provide a portal for learners to explore and create according to their own interests and directions while interacting with friends and community. It also discusses policies needed to support the development and adoption of PLEs, including recognizing different contexts of learning and co-shaping technologies.

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2. Professional Learning
Networks

3. PLN
PROFESSIONAL (PERSONAL) LEARNING
NETWORKS

4. WHAT IS A PLN?
 I asked my PLN and these are some of their
responses:

5. WHAT IS A PLN?
RESPONSES:

6. SO HOW DOES A NETWORK HELP ME?

7. WHAT DOES MY PLN DO FOR ME?
 I go to my PLN for many things:
 Learn new things
 Ask questions
 Collaborate
 Validation
 Camaraderie
 Stay in touch with friends

8. WHERE DO I START?

9. AND WHO DO I FOLLOW?

10. FIND NEW CONNECTIONS!
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11. •Twitter is a micro-blogging website that allows you to form
your own PLN (Professional/Personal Learning Network)
•When you become "friends" with people with similar
interests, you can share ideas and collaborate with other
teachers from other cities, states, or even countries!

12. •Plurk is another micro-blogging website that allows you to form
your own PLN (Professional/Personal Learning Network) like
Twitter
•It is more conversational than Twitter because it allows
conversations to stay threaded

14. HOW DOES IT WORK?

15. PLE ARE BASED ON THE IDEA
THAT LEARNING WILL TAKE PLACE
IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS AND
SITUATIONS AND WILL NOT BE
PROVIDED BY A SINGLE
LEARNING PROVIDER

16. THE IDEA OF A PERSONAL
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
RECOGNISES THAT LEARNING IS
CONTINUING AND SEEKS TO
PROVIDE TOOLS TO SUPPORT
THAT LEARNING

17. USING WHATEVER TOOLS AND
DEVICES WHICH THE LEARNERS
CHOOSE

18. PLES CAN HELP IN THE
RECOGNITION OF INFORMAL
LEARNING

19. “THE HEART OF THE CONCEPT OF THE PLE
IS THAT IT IS A TOOL THAT ALLOWS A
LEARNER (OR ANYONE) TO ENGAGE IN A
DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENT CONSISTING
OF A NETWORK OF PEOPLE, SERVICES AND
RESOURCES. IT IS NOT JUST WEB 2.0, BUT
IT IS CERTAINLY WEB 2.0 IN THE SENSE
THAT IT IS (IN THE BROADEST SENSE
POSSIBLE) A READ-WRITE APPLICATION.”
Stephen Downes, 2006

20. PLES ARE NOT ANOTHER
SUBSTANTIATION OF
EDUCATIONAL
TECHNOLOGY BUT A NEW
APPROACH TO LEARNING

21. THE PLE WILL CHALLENGE THE
EXISTING EDUCATION SYSTEMS
AND INSTITUTION

22. THE „PEDAGOGY‟ BEHIND THE PLE – IF IT
COULD BE STILL CALLED THAT – IS THAT IT
OFFERS A PORTAL TO THE WORLD,
THROUGH WHICH LEARNERS CAN
EXPLORE AND CREATE, ACCORDING TO
THEIR OWN INTERESTS AND DIRECTIONS,
INTERACTING AT ALL TIMES WITH THEIR
FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY

23. A RESPONSE TO PEDAGOGIC APPROACHES WHICH
REQUIRE THAT LEARNER‟S E-LEARNING SYSTEMS
NEED TO BE UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE LEARNERS
THEMSELVES.

24. THE PROMISE OF PERSONAL LEARNING
ENVIRONMENTS COULD BE TO EXTEND ACCESS TO
EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY TO EVERYONE WHO
WISHES TO ORGANIZE THEIR OWN LEARNING.

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26. “WRITING FOR THE WEB IS A MATTER OF
CONTINUOUS CONVERSATION RATHER THAN
STATIC PAPER DESIGN.”

27. POLICIES TO SUPPORT THE
DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION
OF PLES

28. ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITIES OF
PRACTICE AND ENGAGEMENT IN
THOSE COMMUNITIES

29. DECISIONS OVER FUNDING AND
SUPPORT NEED TO BE TAKEN AS
CLOSE TO PRACTICE AS POSSIBLE

30. RECOGNIZE DIFFERENT FORMS AND
CONTEXTS OF LEARNING

31. THE DEVELOPMENT AND
ADOPTION OF NEW PEDAGOGIES

32. THE CO-SHAPING OF
TECHNOLOGIES BRINGING
TOGETHER TECHIES AND
TEACHERS, ENTERPRISES AND
INSTITUTIONS

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